Horsens State Penitentiary (Horsens Statsfængsel) was in operation from to 1853 to 2006. In 2012 it was turned into Fængslet, (the prison) which houses a prison museum, hostel in the old sick ward, and venues for events, festivals, and concerts.
In 2019 I was able to attend a Foo Fighters concert at Fængslet, but this was my first time sleeping in the prison and going to the museum. It was an amazing experience. The museum was a mixture of historic and more modern aspects of prison life. There were daring tales of escapes, as well as interactive features of searching rooms and luggage for contraband.
There was a separate area and kitchen and for bikers, to keep two rival biker gangs from fighting.
I ended my visit by experiencing Carl August Lorentzen's (a master thief and lock pick) 1949 prison escape with VR. He was told his wife wanted a divorce so he decided to instead carve his way out of the prison in only 11 months. Andy Dufresne's 19 year long escape in The Shawshank Redemption (1994) has nothing on Lorentzen.
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